walmart 2009 annual meeting

by 2013. This is expected to eliminate more than 135 million

shopping bag waste by an average of 33 percent per store

Meeting, Wal-Mart committed to reducing its global plastic

On September 25, 2008, at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual

opportunity to reduce plastic bag consumption.

Former President, Bill Clinton, addressing the

toward our goal of creating zero waste." — Matt Kistler, Senior Vice President of Sustainability

we believe real progress can be made

their behavior, just one bag at a time,

can encourage consumers to change

year from our existing stores alone. If we

equivalent to 9 billion plastic bags per

think we can eliminate plastic waste

and providing recycling solutions, we

and affordability of reusable bags

our customers use, increasing the availability

" By reducing the number of plastic bags

Reducing Plastic Shopping Bag Waste by 33 Percent

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Wal-Mart 2009 Sustainability Report - Reducing Plastic Shopping Bag Waste by 33 Percent